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Your thoughts on the state of the divide
We asked readers the following questions: What do you think? What is the state of the rural-urban divide? ... Read more
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Essay: Finding the middle ground
I was standing in line at OHSU — Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon’s premier medical facility — ... Read more
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Editor’s note
With this edition we have completed five full years of publishing The Other Oregon. We look forward to ... Read more
Feature Stories
Flexing our sovereignty
Last summer, I saw a Facebook post from a Native community page for the Portland/Vancouver area that said ... Read more
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How acorns carry cultural knowledge
On an unusually warm October weekend, I sat on a picnic bench beneath the oak and pine trees ... Read more
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At Warm Springs, a new generation leads the feast
When Warm Springs Elder Alice Sampson goes out to the fields to dig roots for the annual Root ... Read more
Feature Stories
Breaking the law to uphold it
The South Slough of the Coos River is a beautiful place. Eelgrass flourishes within the shallow tidal waters ... Read more
Feature Stories
How indigenous nations are rebuilding food systems
“We were thrown to the four winds.” That’s how Francene Ambrose describes the fate of her people when, ... Read more
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Ancient village site is reborn again
The old building on a small highway that houses the Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA) is ... Read more
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Oregon Coast tourism group pushes to keep more seafood local
Remnants of century-old canneries — deteriorating timber pilings that dot the Columbia River — are reminders of the ... Read more